Episodes

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 35 *NASA extends the Mars helicopter’s mission NASA has extended flight operations of its Mars Ingenuity Helicopter through to at least September. *Work on the...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 34 *Massive bubbles at center of Milky Way caused by supermassive black hole A new study has shown how giant bubbles stretching some 36 thousand light years...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 33 *The dinosaur’s last spring A new study has concluded that the KT boundary event asteroid which killed the non-avian dinosaurs hit during the northern hemisphere's spring. *Supermassive black holes in a dance to the...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 32 *Astronomers shocked by the nearest ever Fast Radio Burst Astronomers have tracked a mysterious cosmic flash known as a Fast Radio Burst down to a globular cluster in a nearby spiral galaxy called M81. *CHEOPS reveals...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 31 *The mysterious world of 16 Psyche The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 30 *A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first time Astronomers have obtained the clearest view yet of the perpetual dark side of a hot Jupiter exoplanet that is “tidally locked” to its host star. The...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 29 *Discovery of a black hole spinning on its side Astronomers have discovered a black hole in a binary star system which appears to be spinning on its side. The discovery reported in the journal Science challenges...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 28 *How Russia’s war against Ukraine has changed space operations NASA and the European Space Agency are exploring new ways to keep the International Space...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 27 *Perseverance celebrates its first year on Mars NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has celebrated its first year on the surface of the red planet. *How lightning actually starts A new study has confirmed the hypothesis...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 26 *Giant solar eruption The Earth has escaped a major geomagnetic storm event. Luckily the huge blast – occurred on the opposite side of the Sun to the Earth. *Ancient dwarf galaxy reconstructed Astrophysicists have...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 25 *Cosmic cannibalism Observations from the latest data release by the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have allowed astronomers to identify stellar streams...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 24 *New record for binary brown dwarfs Astronomers has discovered a rare pair of brown dwarfs that have the widest separation of any brown dwarf binary system ever found. *Optus 11 to fly on the new Ariane 6 The new...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 23 *Earth’s water was around before Earth A new study has concluded that Earth’s water was already present in that part of the solar system when the planet formed. *Science suspended on Mars due to dust storms Science...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 22 *A new insight into Earth’s inner core A new study suggests the Earth’s inner core isn’t a normal solid but composed of a solid iron sublattice and...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 21 *More delays for NASA’s new SLS heavy lift rocket The long delayed maiden flight of NASA’s new heavy lift SLS Moon rocket has been postponed again possibly slipping back to May. *Exotic X particles detected in...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 20 *Lockheed Martin to build the first rocket to take off from another planet NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin the contract to build the first rocket to launch from the surface of Mars. *Counting down to the launch of...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 19 *Discovery of a free-floating black hole hiding in plain sight Astronomers have found evidence of black holes floating undetected through the darkness of...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 18 *A new theory explains how the Moon’s crust was formed A new study has shown how the freezing of a slushy magma ocean may be responsible for the composition...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 17 *Earth’s new trojan asteroid Astronomers have discovered a new Earth trojan asteroid. *Hundreds of mysterious strands discovered in the Milky Way’s heart...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 16 *Water flowed on Mars far longer than thought A new study claims water flowed across the Martian surface for much longer than previously thought. The new data...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 15 *Counting down to a crash on the Moon A four tonne Falcon 9 upper stage booster will crash into the Moon on March 4th – hitting the lunar surface at over nine...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 14 *Growing debate about whether there’s liquid water under the Martian south pole Two separate studies have drawn opposite conclusions about the possible presence...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 13 *A mysterious object unlike anything seen before Astronomers have discovered a mysterious new celestial phenomenon in our galactic neighbourhood that’s unlike...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 12 *Evidence for internal ocean in Saturnian moon Mimas Data from NASA’s Cassini mission suggests the tiny Saturnian moon Mimas could have a significant sub surface...